linux-kernel - wishlist: vnc framebuffer device?

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:05:24 +0200
From:	Harald Dunkel <harri@...ics.de>
To:	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-console@...r.kernel.org
Subject: wishlist: vnc framebuffer device?

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Hi folks,

To make a headless system "less headless", would it be possible
to integrate a vnc framebuffer device into the kernel?

The idea is to have a vnc server instead of a local screen and
keyboard to show the boot output and to provide a console login
on /dev/tty{1..6}. It would be pretty similar to qemu. No need
for fancy graphics, of course. The IP address might either be
obtained using DHCP, or it might use an IP address/netmask
given on the kernel command line.

I understand that authentication might be an issue here.

Hopefully this isn't one of the oh-no-not-again questions. I
haven't seen it mentioned on the kernel or linux-console
mailing lists before.

Regards

Harri
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